ReviewDrug and alcohol review2018
Explicating the role of empathic processes in substance use disorders: A conceptual framework and research agenda.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
- Meta-analysis of associations between empathy and alcohol use and problems in clinical and non-clinical samples.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between theory of mind and alcohol problems in non-clinical samples.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of socio-cognitive and socio-affective processes association with adolescent substance use.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Pooled it
- The impact of empathy on drinking motives, craving, and drink orders: An experimental study.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Trial
- Alcohol's acute effects on emotion recognition and empathy in heavy-drinking young adults.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Entactogen Effects of Ketamine: A Reverse-Translational Study.The American journal of psychiatry · 2024Trial
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- Adolescent empathy and epigenetic aging in adulthood: Substance use as a mediator.Developmental psychology · 2025Article
- Impairment in social cognition in people with substance use disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Impairments of Sociocognitive Functions in Individuals with Behavioral Addictions: A Review Article.Journal of gambling studies · 2024Review
- Unique influences of pregnancy and anticipated parenting on cigarette smoking: results and implications of a within-person, between-pregnancy study.Archives of women's mental health · 2024Article
- Adolescent substance use outcomes in response to social consequences of use: the role of empathy.Journal of drug issues · 2024Article
- Neural correlates of altered emotional responsivity to infant stimuli in mothers who use substances.Journal of psychiatric research · 2024Article
- To produce or not to produce? Contrasting the effect of substance abuse in social decision-making situations.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Associations of state and trait empathy with daily alcohol use.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
- Associations of observed callous-unemotional behaviors in early childhood with conduct problems and substance use over 14 years.Development and psychopathology · 2023Article
- The intersection of empathy and addiction.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2023Review
- Indirect effects of theory of mind on alcohol use and problems in underage drinkers: The role of peer pressure to drink.Addictive behaviors reports · 2022Article
- Within-person decline in pregnancy smoking is observable prior to pregnancy awareness: Evidence across two independent observational cohorts.Addiction biology · 2022Observational
- Are empathic processes mechanisms of pregnancy's protective effect on smoking? Identification of a novel target for preventive intervention.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
issuesElucidating the role of empathic processes in developmental pathways to substance use disorders could have important implications for prevention. APPROACH: We searched the biomedical and social sciences literature to determine what is known about empathy and psychopathological manifestations of severe lack of empathy in the initiation, development and maintenance of psychoactive substance use. Thirty-seven empirical studies were identified and formally reviewed. KEY
findingsAdults with alcohol and stimulant use disorders exhibited detectable impairments in both cognitive and affective empathy, measured behaviourally, neuroanatomically and by self-report, relative to controls. There were no developmental studies specifically designed to test the role of empathy in substance use pathways, but several studies that included measures of empathy suggest that empathy may be protective. Studies on severe empathic deficits were mixed regarding a unique role of empathy in substance use trajectories, independent of interpersonal style, impulsivity and social deviance. Implications and Conclusions. In the context of findings and methodological limitations of this review, we recommend more rigorous examination of empathy across the spectrum of substance use behaviour. Future work should utilise the following: (i) prospective assessment of empathic capacity in substance abusers during and following treatment; (ii) large, developmentally based prospective designs beginning prior to substance initiation incorporating multiple measures of empathy; (iii) assessment of the moderating role of gender, race and ethnicity; and (iv) prospective study of empathy in children at elevated risk for substance use disorders. [Massey SH, Newmark RL, Wakschlag LS. Explicating the role of empathic processes in substance use disorders: A conceptual framework and research agenda.
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